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The Free-to-Read Side of Things

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This is where the covers may be old, but the ideas remain alive. Here you will find public domain books that shaped the field of Ancient Science — freely available to read, quote, annotate, or simply enjoy at your own pace.

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The scroll has gone digital. Help yourself!

Baltzly, Dirk

Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus (vol. 3)

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Baltzly, Dirk

Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus (vol. 4)

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Baltzly, Dirk

Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus (vol. 5)

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Barbera, Andre

The Euclidean Division of the Canon: Greek and Latin Sources

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Barker, Andrew

Greek Musical Writings (vol. 1)

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Barker, Andrew

Greek Musical Writings (vol. 2)

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Berggren, Len & Thomas, Robert

Euclid's Phaenomena

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Burkert, Walter

Lore And Science In Ancient Pythagoreanism

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Clagett, Marshall

Ancient Egyptian Science: A Source Book (vol. 1)

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Clagett, Marshall

Ancient Egyptian Science: A Source Book (vol. 2)

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Clagett, Marshall

Ancient Egyptian Science: A Source Book (vol. 3)

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Clagett, Marshall

Greek Science in Antiquity

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Clagett, Marshall

The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages

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Cornford, Francis

Plato’s Cosmology

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Dicks, David

Early Greek Astronomy to Aristotle

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Dijksterhuis, Eduard

Archimedes

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Doxiadis, Apostolos & Mazur, Barry

Circles Disturbed

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Dzielska, Maria

Hypatia of Alexandria

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Fowler, David

The Mathematics of Plato's Academy : a New Reconstruction

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Gillings, Richard

Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs

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Didn’t find what you were looking for? Don’t despair.

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Projects like the Internet Archive and the Online Books Page host thousands of public domain titles—many of them rare, obscure, or just waiting to be rediscovered.​ Treasure hunts aren’t just for archaeologists!

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